A unique overdrive pedal with a very refined and complex drive tone that earns it a spot on the pedalboards of many nashville studio musicians (27 pages)
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EFFECT TYPE DOCUMENT VERSION Silicon fuzz 1.0.0 (2021-10-22) PROJECT SUMMARY An early silicon fuzz with a prominent mid-scoop and footswitchable clean boost mode. Actual size is 2.3” x 2.14” (main board) and 2.3” x 1.05” (bypass board). IBEX SILICON FUZZ...
Rangemaster. The Ibex is a direct clone of the Bee Baa, shrunk down to fit in a 125B enclosure but including a secondary footswitch to toggle between boost and fuzz modes. The Tone Select footswitch has been changed to a toggle since it’s not a good application of a footswitch, but otherwise everything is exactly...
LED current-limiting resistor. Adjust value to change LED brightness. LEDR Metal film resistor, 1/4W LED current-limiting resistor. Adjust value to change LED brightness. Film capacitor, 7.2 x 3.5mm 100pF MLCC capacitor, NP0/C0G 10uF Electrolytic capacitor, 5mm Film capacitor, 7.2 x 3.5mm IBEX SILICON FUZZ...
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1/4" phone jack, closed frame Switchcraft 111X or equivalent. 2.1mm DC jack, 2.1mm panel mount Mouser 163-4302-E or equivalent. BOOST 3PDT Stomp switch, 3PDT 3PDT Stomp switch, 3PDT 125B Enclosure, die-cast aluminum Can also use a Hammond 1590N1. IBEX SILICON FUZZ...
Setting the boost LED mode The boost sub-circuit in the Ibex is engaged with its own footswitch and has a LED to indicate that it’s engaged. The boost circuit is tied to the master footswitch, so the whole circuit is bypassed regardless of whether it is in boost or fuzz mode.
BOOST B CONTROL OUTPUT BOOST OUTPUT INPUT JACK FROM SUSTAIN CONTROL INPUT BOOST PATH FROM BOOST OUTPUT BOOST CONTROL 100pF FUZZ BOOST IN 2N5088 PATH FROM SUSTAIN CONTROL 10uF TONE SELECT OMIT 2N5088 2N5088 10uF 10uF 100n IBEX SILICON FUZZ...
(In other words: you don’t have to go out of your way to advertise the fact that you use these PCBs, but please don’t go out of your way to hide it. The guitar effects industry needs more transparency, not less!) DOCUMENT REVISIONS 1.0.0 (2021-10-22) Initial release. IBEX SILICON FUZZ...
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